Work history

Currently

Social Media Coordinator

Liverpool Sound City

Feb 2017

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Freelance

Responsible for day to day management of Sound City social media feeds including Twitter with a combined reach of 100,000.
Liaising with all departments to ensure all social output for the festival has a cohesive voice and serves the festival’s key messages.
Working closely with the Creative Director to create digital assets to drive engagement on our socials and encourage click throughs to our website and add on sales.
Working closely with Sound City's Sponsors and Partner institutions to ensure all marketing and publicity requirements in contracts are fulfilled.
Coordinated and managed a series of successful online competitions to generate buzz around the festival, reaching an average 100+ interactions and shares.
Liaising with the artist liaison department, labels and artist management to source exclusive merch bundles to offer as prizes to our Sound Citizens, sourcing one of kind prizes.
Online point of contact for all questions / queries presented by customers online both in the lead up to Sound City and providing real time assistance on site, providing round the clock customer service.
Confident in scheduling social posts across all platforms, utilising Hootsuite and Tweetdeck to ensure social content is posted at peak times to maximise engagement.
Comfortable working to tight deadlines, utilising strong time management to ensure consistency across all social channels.

Currently

Blog Writer

Getintothis

Aug 2016

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Freelance

Regular contributor to online blog including monthly live review and opinion pieces .
Working under strict deadlines to produce real time coverage of pop culture events, including live coverage of the 2016 Mercury Music Prize.
Providing social media support to Getintothis by utilising my social media presence to cross promote and share articles.

Currently

Retail Sales Associate

ASDA

Oct 2013

Manchester, United Kingdom

Full Time

Four years of customer service experience from working in retail environment across a range of departments including:
Fresh/Process
Customer Service Points: In-Store Bakery, Delicatessen Counter & Checkouts
Experience across range of departments allowing to build a strong rapport with customers and to develop desired professional skills.
Ability to work to a specific time frame, .e.g. Challenge 20 and to the best of my ability in a fast-paced working environment
Strong professional relations & enjoyable manner working in a productive and friendly team
Maintained KPI targets & working to sales plans across departments and the store overall.
Replenished floor stock and processed shipments to ensure product availability for customers.
Maintained knowledge of current promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.

2017

Head Of Music

LSRadio

Sep 2016 - Aug 2017

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Full Time

Chairing monthly meetings with whole LSRadio music team to allocate gig coverage, playing to individual team members strengths and interests.
Active member of the Student Radio Association, establishing LSRadio as a well respected student radio station nationally.
Daily liaison with Promoters, Festivals and Management across the North West.
Working closely with senior station management to ensure effective communication with Arts and Culture, Interviews and marketing teams. Overseeing regular meetings with each department to ensure that LSRadio Music coverage is comprehensive at all times.
In addition to my management role, I am actively involved as a staff writer and interviewer
Responsible for management of LSRadio Facebook page, scheduling posts and creating
digital content.
Responsible for overseeing management of curating monthly & bimonthly studio playlisting covering emerging to established artists across various genres
Fostering a strong relationship with Liverpool Guild of Students Society Coordination team, being an active participant in monthly meetings and contributing to the university agenda to best serve all students.

2016

Deputy Head of Interviews

LSRadio

Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Full Time

Co-chairing monthly meetings with Head of Interviews and interviews team to allocate regular artist interviews across a broad range of genres and stature.
Leading bimonthly interview workshops to strengthen team coverage and maintain a high standard of professionalism when in contact with industry artists and management.
Daily liaison with artists, management and promoters across the UK.
My commitment to this role lead to my internal promotion to Head of Music; the transferable skills developed in this position have proven immensely important to my professional development.

Education

2017

BA Film Studies and English Literature

University of Liverpool

Sep 2014 - Jul 2017

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Examples of Modules studied:
Media Convergence & Entertainment
American Independent Cinema
British Writing since 1945: Fiction & Drama
The Film Music of John Williams
Hollywood Cinema
Women Writers
European Film History